Agrees strategic label and distribution partnership with ONE Sights Music. Follows deals with Superstar Media, CloudKid and COLORSxSTUDIOS. Keplin appointed Business Development & Marketing Manager, Germany. To celebrate with showcase and live performances at this year’s Reeperbahn Festival.

Arlo Parks triumphant in UK Independent Breakthrough & Best Independent Album. ENNY claims Best Independent Track & One To Watch. Other winners include Fontaines D.C., Jayda G, Working Men’s Club, Wesley Joseph, Elkka, Lauv, Ben Böhmer, Adrian Sherwood, Tricky, Forever Living Originals and Strut Records. Local Heroes Awards in association with BBC Music Introducing are unveiled for first time ever.

Exceleration Music, the global music venture founded by leading indie sector executives for the purpose of investing in independent labels have announced the appointment of Darin Soler as its Head of Global Marketing & Commercial Partnerships among a list of other notable hires.

Tricky and On-U Sound’s Adrian Sherwood scoop Pioneer and Innovator awards respectively. Tricky, ENNY, Working Men’s Club and Lava La Rue to perform at virtual ceremony. Arlo Parks notches up a record breaking 6 nominations as nominees announced for PPL Award and public voted Best Live [Streamed] Act.

Money raised will support Steve Laviniere as he recovers from rare brain injury after contracting COVID-19. Artists set to play include David Morales, Norman Jay MBE, Trevor Nelson, Barbara Tucker and more.

Gareth Mellor joins in newly created role as Global Head of B2B Marketing. Connie Chow appointed as Marketing Strategy Manager for Dance / Electronic in February.

LYKA is using Tuned Global’s APIs to quickly build in-app music streaming service. Tuned Global to manage content delivery and ingestion of audio files. LYKA app combines social media and e-commerce, with 6 million users across Southeast Asia.

Anonymous producer Barton Think is set to release mysterious debut ‘My Last Album’ on 18th June via Time Is The Enemy. Little is known of Barton Think.

Additional keynote speakers include Susan Paley, Michelle Edgar, Brian Malouf & Faryal Khan-Thompson. The virtual summit will take place on June 17-18 between 11am and 5pm Pacific Time. Lexton to open summit at 11am Pacific time.